Bracket for picture-molding.



No. 738,847. PATENTED SEPT. 15, 1903. W. L. RUMME'L.

BRACKET FOR PICTURE MOLDING.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1a, 1903.

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BRACKET FOR PICTURE-MOLDING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,847, datedSeptember 15, 1903.

Application filed February 16, 1903. Serial No. 143,485. (No model.)

T0 at whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. RUMMEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Sioux City, in the county of Dakota and State ofNebraska, (whose post-of1ice address is Sioux City, Iowa, generaldelivery,) have invented a new and useful Improvement in Brackets forPicture-lllolding, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for securing picture-molding to the wallsof a room.

The object of my invention is to provide brackets secured to the wallfor the support of the molding in such manner that it may be removed andreplaced without the use of nails, hammer, or screws. I attain thisobject by the de vice shown in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective View of brackets secured to a section of walland supporting the molding in the manner described. Fig. 2 is anenlarged view of bracket used in the corner of the room. Fig. 3 is afront view of bracket secured to the smooth face of the wall, and Fig.4: is a side view of the same. Fig. 5 is a view of bracket secured tothe wall adjacent to a window-casing. All the above forms of bracketsare used together in the. same room, as shown in Fig. 1.

Referring now to these illustrations, in which like parts are designatedby similar letters of reference, A is the picture-molding, and B B thewalls of the room.

G is a-bracket consisting of a flat piece of metal or other suitablematerial secured to the wall by means of a screw 0, having at the ing apart of said piece, and at the upper part a downwardly-projecting hookO, pivotally secured to the front part of the flat piece by means of arivet o. This form of bracket (shown in Figs. 3 and 4) is used upon theplain face of the wall, as seen in Fig. 1, the brackets being placed asnear together as desired. In the corner of the room the modified form ofbracket shown in Fig. 2 is used and consists of a double bracket or twobrackets set at right angles to each other and formed in one piece tofit the corner of the room. This form of bracket has the sameupwardly-projecting hooks at the bottom and the hooks pivotally securedat the top as the kind first described. Itis somewhat wider at the topthan at the bottom and the screw which secures it to the wall is set inthe angle where the two parts join. lVhere the end of the moldingadjoins the window casing D the form of bracket shown in Fig. 5 is used.This consists of a flat piece 0, forming a part of and secured at rightangles to the flat piece previously described and to the hook O. WVhenthe molding is adjusted to the brack ets, the hooks C are turned upward,as seen in Fig. 3. The molding is then placed in the hooks O and thehooks 0 turned down. The upper hooks project farther from the bracketthan the lower ones to cover the upper part of the molding, which isusually thicker at this point.

The practical use of my invention will be readily understood. Thebrackets remain permanently on the wall and as they cover little spaceare no obstruction to the repair-' ing or repapering of the walls. Themolding can be readily and easily removed when the room is cleaned orpapered and the walls are not defaced by nails or screws driven in andwithdrawn. The molding can be easily fitted to the brackets and thebrackets may be made of different sizes and forms to fit the variousstyles of molding. I therefore do not limit myself to the preciseconstruction here shown and described, but claim, broadly, as my in=vention brackets of similar form and principle for the uses and purposesherein set forth.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A bracket consisting of two flat pieces secured at right angles toeach other and adapt ed to be secured to the wall in a corner of a room,a hook extending upward from the lower end of each of said fiat pieces,and a hook pivotally secured to the upper end of each of saidfia1ipieceandextending downward to another flat piece secured at rightangles 6 1o embrace the molding supported in said lower.

hooks, substantially as described.

2. 'Abrack'et consisting of a flat piece adapted to be secured to theWall of a room, ahook extending upward from the lower end of said flatpiece, a hook pivotally secured to the upper end of said flat piece andextending downward in the direction of'said lower hook, and

said first piece and to said lower hook, as and for the purposesspecified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. VILLIAM L. RUMMEL. Witnesses: I

H; C. GARDINER, W. F. LOHN.

